The Research Of Metaphor In Symbolism Painting

Metaphor is a way of thinking, and visual metaphor is a form of it. With the help of visual metaphor theory, and rely on the symbolism painting, this article is trying to give a further discussion and analysis on metaphor in painting, so as to have a further understanding about symbolism painting.Although symbolism painting is not a formal school, the profound meaning of it is far reaching. Its painting ideas and style have set off changes in the field of art. In this article, I treat the symbolism painting as the starting point, and divide this article into three basic frame parts. The first part focuses on the metaphor in painting, and aims at the possibility, the mechanism and the corresponding theoretical contributions of metaphor in painting. The second part is about the emergence background and the topic types of metaphor in symbolism painting. This part of the article is focus on the theme of metaphoric, from the subconscious, life noumenon, to masculine feminine. In the third section, the aesthetic characteristics and the aesthetic value of the metaphorical symbol in symbolism painting is the main part. The metaphor symbol of symbolism painting has its unique personalities, such as the customary, the deformability, the mystery fantasy and the sound in the paintings. Finally, the metaphor of symbolism paintings has aesthetic values, and the metaphor brings a variety of subtle changes to paintings. It can bring the unfamiliar experience, illogical poetic expression, and release the innermost feelings. People can feel the hidden meaning in the works. This is the original intention for painters to use the metaphor in symbolism paintings.